Example sentences of "why [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm so that 's why I 've put down the two . |
| 2 | Defoe 's Roxana explains why she has turned down an offer of marriage from a Dutch merchant : ‘ … |
| 3 | That is why we have taken up the position that we have over GATT , a position which is widely welcomed by that industry . |
| 4 | That 's why they had torn down the children 's hospital to make room for the miniature golf course . |
| 5 | In a broadcast on Feb. 23 the NPKC explained why it had carried out the coup . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't understand why he 'd given up a job he clearly loved to come back here . ’ |
| 7 | And now , sitting legs stretched , on a chair too low comfortably to accommodate his six feet two inches , eyes fixed on that single taper , unflickering in the incense-heavy stillness , he could hear again the tone , taut with self-disgust , in which Berowne had explained why he had given up the law : |